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Green Day Rocks Broadway with American Idiot

photo by: David MushegainThis spring the Great White Way gets punked when Green Day brings their iconic songs to the stage as Broadway rock opera American Idiot (you probably saw the cast, alongside the band,...

photo by: David MushegainThis spring the Great White Way gets punked when Green Day brings their iconic songs to the stage as Broadway rock opera American Idiot (you probably saw the cast, alongside the band,...

photo by: David Mushegain

This spring the Great White Way gets punked when Green Day brings their iconic songs to the stage as Broadway rock opera American Idiot (you probably saw the cast, alongside the band, killing it with "21 Guns" at the Grammys). In the same vein of The Who's Tommy, the show follows the life of rebellious outcast Johnny--played by John Gallagher, Jr., who earned a Tony for Spring Awakening--and his closest buddies, Tunny (Stark Sands) and Will (Michael Esper). Rebecca Naomi Jones, who starred in 2008's Passing Strange, plays Whatsername, Johnny's hipster girlfriend. "This isn't like most musicals," says John. "But you can walk in not knowing Green Day and still understand what's happening." Adds Rebecca, "It's been so sharp and good, it's almost frightening. I try not to think about it."